From left: Nisi Stugis as Rose Trewlany and Jordan Coughtry as her fiancée Arthur Gower rehearse a scene from the comedy 'Trelawny of the Wells.''

Written by

Bill Nutt
| For the Asbury Park Press

Even though it's set more than 100 years in the past in a country an ocean away, the play "Trelawny of the Wells" offers a peek into a world that some audiences may think they know: the world of the theater itself.

The comedy focuses on an actress, Rose Trelawny, who specializes in the melodramas that were popular in late 19th century England. Though she enjoys a successful career, Rose gives up the stage to marry Arthur Gower, an aristocrat. Complications ensue.

"Trelawny of the Wells" is the last play in the 50th anniversary season of the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey in Madison. The show runs ...